234 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



83. Taczanowski's ' Ornithology of Peru.' 



[Ornithologie du Peroii. Par Ladislas Taczanowski. Tome ii. Eoyal 

 8vo. Rennes: 1884. 666 pp.] 



The second volume of this laborious and most useful under- 

 taking continues the account of the Passeres and concludes 

 with the 911th species from the commencement of the work. 

 Short Latin diagnoses and French descriptions are given of 

 every species_, besides general observations by the author and 

 notes by the collector. The following species (besides sub- 

 species) are described as new : — 



Thamnopliilus berlepschi. Myiopatis wag£e. 



Dysitbamnus tambillanus. Elainea gracilis. 



Synallaxis paucalensis. Chloropipo imicolor. 



Auabazenops ruficollis. Pbcenicotbraupis peruviauiis. 



Muscisaxicola grisea. Nemosia pectoralis. 



jiminensis. Buarremon albiceps. 



Leptopogon rufipectiis. Anteretes nigricristatus. 



M. Taczanowski refers Sericossypha albocristata (p. 387) 

 to the Cotingidse. He seems to have omitted Fyranga rubra, 

 already recorded from Peru in P. Z. S. 1874/p. 514. 



84. Vila on the Ornithology ofGerona. 



[Fauna Ornitologica de la Provincia de Gerona, 6 sea breve descripciou 

 de las aves sedentarias en la misma y las de paso accidental 6 periodico, 

 sus costumbres y aliraentacion bajo el punto de vista de utilidad 6 perjuicio 

 para con el hombre y la agricnltura en general, por D. Estanislao Vayreda 

 J Vila. 8vo. Gerona : 188o.] 



From the title it will be seen that the object of this work 

 is ambitious ; but the result is far from satisfactory. It is 

 only likely to be read by those who are already familiar with 

 Spanish ornithology, to whom it will do no harm, inasmuch 

 as they are capable of separating the wheat from the chaff, 

 and they may even find some few grains of comfort in it. 

 It positively bristles with what we will charitably call mis- 

 prints ; and the misstatements, if less numerous, are more 

 serious. The Catalan names of the common species may be 

 found useful by those who can properly identify the birds to 

 which they apply. 



